Here I Am

The Truth

Film, Public, Mitchell, Prx, Fiction, Drama, Radio, Storytelling, Audio, Radiotopia, Story, Jonathan

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

A mother who listens, a father who can’t, and boy who’s simply trying to say: Here I Am. This is a musical drama about connection, silence, and the act of listening. Written by Louis Kornfeld, with direction, sound design, and original music by Jonathan Mitchell. Performed by Ann Carr as Rosie, Peter Grosz as Tom, Danielle Delgado as Phyllis, and Seth Gilman as Jason. If you believe in what we do, in stories that reward listening, you can support The Truth by ⁠subscribing to our ad-free feed⁠. It’s $5, or $50 a year. You’ll get every story without interruption, but more than that, you’ll be supporting the survival of our show. Go to: ⁠thetruthpodcast.supportingcast.fm⁠ Follow us on... ⁠INSTAGRAM ⁠⁠BLUESKY⁠⁠ THREADS ⁠⁠REDDIT⁠ To learn more about our show, go to our website: ⁠thetruthpodcast.com⁠ And as a listener of The Truth you can claim a 30% discount to Jiveworld right now — By the way, Jiveworld features our stories on their product for learners of English! Visit ⁠jw.app/thetruth⁠ to learn Spanish as it's really spoken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The truth.
0:02.0	Here I am, here I am, here I am with nobody.
0:21.6	Here I am with nobody
0:56.8	ugh
0:59.9	you're not even really listening to me
1:01.6	I am listening to you I don't know what you want me to say
1:04.1	don't raise your voice
1:05.0	but they think this is a bad idea you can't just take him out of this program
1:08.7	he doesn't like those people
1:10.5	without talking to his neurologist.
1:11.3	He doesn't like them. He doesn't like them. He doesn't know he's with those people. He does.
1:15.1	He does.
1:15.6	He is right.
1:17.6	So condescending.
1:19.6	You listen.
1:20.6	Here I am.
1:23.6	He might be with no money
1:33.3	Oh, damn it
1:37.3	It's all right. It's okay. It's just to spin.
1:40.3	Damn it, I'm already running late.
1:42.3	I can't believe...
1:43.3	It's all right. It's all right.
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